SWITZERLAND
Germany
France
Bern
Switzerland
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Andrew M. Garbarski, Massimo Chiasera and Louis Frédéric Muskens Bär & Karrer Ltd
Italy
Bär & Karrer Ltd is a leading Swiss law firm with more than 200 lawyers. The firm’s core business is advis - ing its clients on innovative and complex transactions and representing them in litigation, arbitration and regulatory proceedings. The firm’s white-collar crime practice encompasses support and representation in all areas of business crime, including fraud, money laundering, corruption, disloyal management, organ - ised insolvency, corporate criminal liability, blocking statutes, economic espionage and all aspects relat - ing to the Swiss anti-money laundering regulations.
Bär & Karrer’s white-collar team act for corporations or individuals, whether they face investigation by the prosecuting authorities or are the victims of criminal conduct. In the latter case, where appropriate, the team focuses its efforts on asset tracing/freezing and recovery steps in order to achieve reparation. It has extensive experience in advising clients in cross-bor - der matters, including mutual legal assistance and extradition proceedings.
Authors
Andrew M. Garbarski is a partner at Bär & Karrer where he co-heads the white-collar crime practice group. He
Massimo Chiasera is a partner at Bär & Karrer who focuses his practice on white-collar crime, internal investigations, domestic and cross-
specialises in criminal law, administrative criminal law, international judicial and
border litigation as well as international judicial and
administrative assistance, as well as financial and commercial litigation and insolvency. In recent years, Andrew’s work has encompassed, among other things, complex multi-jurisdictional financial crime and asset recovery matters, as well as the representation of clients before the Swiss prosecution authorities and courts. He is also a Professor at the University of Lausanne where he teaches white-collar crime and criminal procedure law, and was appointed in 2020 by the Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) as a member of the Working Group dealing with the modernisation of the Administrative Criminal Law.
administrative assistance. He advises and represents clients in internal and regulatory investigations led by Swiss and foreign authorities, in complex compliance matters (including money laundering as well as anti-bribery and corruption) and in criminal proceedings. Massimo’s in-depth knowledge of the financial services industry is based on his prior experience at a major Swiss bank. In parallel to his work at Bär & Karrer, he was a former prosecutor of the Office of the Swiss Armed Forces Attorney General and now acts as a presiding judge within the Swiss Military Justice Corps.
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